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Anglia Learning and Teaching December Update
This is a monthly bulletin about learning, teaching and assessment activities, services, resources and publications, funding opportunities and forthcoming events both internal to Anglia Ruskin University and from across the sector. Please circulate.
Please send contributions for the January update to LTA@anglia.ac.uk by December 21.
Staff Development
Missed the last round of Turnitin workshops? Not to worry, we’re offering some extras on both campuses to help you prepare for Semester 2:
Wednesday 18/1/2012 14.00-16.00 LAB213
Thursday 19/1/2012 11.00 13.00 QUE205
Extended booking deadline: to register please email LTA@anglia.ac.uk by Wednesday 7 December.
News
22 Nov Dr. Penny English, Learning and Teaching Adviser, Law, Faculty of Arts Law and Social Sciences, is co-organiser for a trio of one–day conferences being offered by the Socio-legal Studies Association on doing, funding and teaching socio-legal scholarship. All three events will take place in
23 Nov Call for proposals: Higher Education Change Programmes 2011-12:
· Representing and Recording Student Achievement Change Programme;
· Assessment and Feedback Change Programme.
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 14 December 2012.
28 Nov Call for submissions: Annual Plagiarism Conference,
‘Celebrating 10 years of authentic assessment’; The Sage,
Submission deadlines: 31 January, 2012 - abstracts for papers;
29 February 2012 - proposals for workshops, poster, case studies &
videos.
29 Nov Call for papers: Assimilate: Assessing students at Masters level,
a one-day conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Thursday 6 September 2012.
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 1 February 2012
1 Dec Save £50 per booking for the Accessing European Funding Course by Friday 9 December.
Click here to book online via the website - or by telephoning 0800 542 9440.
You must quote 'EUROFUND' to activate this offer.
Early bird booking deadline: Friday 9th December
5 Dec Call for papers: Higher Education Academy's first annual learning and teaching STEM conference 12 - 13 April 2012, Imperial College London
Submission deadline: Friday 16 December 2011
Funding, Publications and Resources
Funding
HEA International Scholarship Scheme
Max Award: £20,000 per project;
Deadline for applications: Tuesday, 31 January 2012.
Increase in funding! - Discipline call for proposals to host and deliver a discipline focused learning and teaching workshop or seminar in partnership with the HEA
Max Award: £1,000 grant + up to £500 speaker expenses; event to be held before the end of July 2012.
HEA Teaching Development Grants:
Individual Grant Scheme:
· Call opens - Tuesday January 3rd 2012,
· Submission deadline - Midnight Sunday February 19th 2012,
· Projects to commence - May 14th 2012.
Max Award: £7,000 per project.
Collaborative Grant Scheme – cross-institution and/or inter-disciplinary:
· Call opens - Monday February 27th 2012,
· Submission deadline - Midnight Sunday April 22nd 2012,
· Projects to commence - July 2nd 2012.
Max Award: £60,000 per project.
Max Award: £300 for individuals; £500 for teams.
Publications
Law School Senior Lecturer publishes article on positive impact of VLEs
Senior Legal Practice Course Lecturer, Tom Serby, has had an article published in the prestigious academic peer reviewed journal, the Liverpool Law Review, July 2011 edition, entitled: “Willing Suspension of Disbelief: A Study in Online Learning Through Simulation and Its Potential for Deeper Learning in Higher Education.”
Resources
Tutorials – How to use Anglia Ruskin University’s MyPlayer:
A Quickstart guide on how to get started with uploading media - presented by Jason Williams (3.43m)
An Overview of MyPlayer and how to use it – presented by Adrian Brett (7.50m)
Events
EXTERNAL
Valuing Learners in the Workplace, Free Learning in Employment seminar
Date: 7 December 2011; Location:
SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) Annual Conference: Positive Futures for higher education; connections, communities and criticality.
Dates: 7-9 December; Location: Celtic Manor Resort,
Practical Tools for Finding Open Educational Resources (OER)
Date: 15 December 2011; Location: The British Library,
On Camera’ Media Training: Presenting and interviewing for video
Date: 15 December 2011; Location: The Open University,
Internationalising the Student Experience: Creating Globally Attractive Universities
Date: 19 January 2012; Location:
Accessing European Funding
Date: 1 February 2012; Location: Charing Cross Hotel,
Early bird booking deadline: Friday 9th December.
To publicize learning, teaching and assessment related matters please send contributions for the December update to LTA@anglia.ac.uk by December 21.
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